Mount Repose Plantation – – Jasper County

Basic Information

• Location – Ridgeland – Jasper County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Mont Repose

• Current status – Privately owned

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

  Misty Dunn, who is part of an excavation group from Georgia Southern University, submitted the following: "(Mont Repose) was owned by Samuel R. Gillison. The 1840 US census shows he had 217 slaves. There are no structures left and we don't think the property was occupied after the Civil War. It was left to Samuel's granddaughters who did not live there and eventually it was sold for timbering and is now leased to hunters."
  

• ? – House built

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – Rice

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Samuel R. Gillison

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 217 in 1840

Buildings

• ?
  

Web Resources

• ??
  

Print Resources

• Initial references: 4